Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald, a three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year and eight-time first-team All-Pro, is retiring. Donald, who turns 33 in May, was rumored to be considering retirement in the past couple of offseasons, but this is a player going out while still at the top of the league at […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Victor Cruz says the Bengals should draft LeSean McCoy and is a replacement-level back at this point of his career. Bodine’s spot at center already has been filled by Spencer Long, who signed a three-year, $12.6 million deal earlier this month. The team can free up about $4.5 million in cap […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Trey Wingo, Field Yates and Louis Riddick pick the teams most likely to sign Le’Veon Bell. (1:17) Le’Veon Bell is expected to reset the market for running backs when he hits free agency next month. Which teams are interested, and what could his contract look like? We asked NFL Nation reporters […]
Continue readingSurprisingly, owners, general managers and coaches went no-huddle on Tuesday morning and finished a lot of the work at this year’s gathering. They entered the day with 23 rule proposals to debate. By late Tuesday morning, only five proposals were left for consideration. Six had passed, and the others were tabled, withdrawn or voted down. […]
Continue readingDo you have a query for John Clayton? Click here to send a note to his mailbag. Twelve of the top 16 players in the 2011 draft have been to the Pro Bowl. It was loaded on defense, with J.J. Watt and Robert Quinn at end, Marcell Dareus at tackle, linebackers Von Miller, Aldon Smith […]
Continue readingThere are three factors that generally derail an MVP candidacy: injuries, poor performance and being an elite player on an otherwise bad team. Rodgers and Brady have not only managed to avoid all three of these pitfalls but are excelling when nearly every other superstar has been influenced by at least one of those factors. […]
Continue readingSeason record: 18-4 ATS (last week: 4-1) Cincinnati Bengals at Dallas Cowboys There’s a lot of excitement in Dallas, starting with the Texas Rangers in the playoffs, the annual Texas-Oklahoma game in college football and culminating in the Cowboys’ home game Sunday. Each week, this Dallas team seems to improve, and Ezekiel Elliott and this […]
Continue readingLet’s take a look at every team in the NFL. Note: All futures odds courtesy of the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook as of June 25. All game line references from Weeks 2-16 courtesy of CG Technology. O/U wins: 10.5 Super Bowl: 10-1 Conference: 5-1 Division: 2-3 The Eagles are the favorites in the NFC and […]
Continue readingSeason record: 14-3 ATS (last week: 4-1) Indianapolis Colts at Jacksonville Jaguars The Jaguars have made the trip to England before, but if they don’t win this time, will they leave the team over in London? I’m predicting they’ll come back to a heroes’ welcome in the pool in Jacksonville. If not now, when does […]
Continue readingWelcome to Week 12 of the NFL regular season. We have updated our Power Rankings! Our power panel — a group of more than 80 writers, editors and TV personalities — have evaluated how teams are stacking up through 11 weeks. After suffering losses this weekend, where do the Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants and […]
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